Fountain-pen.



G. M. 'KRAKER.

FOUNTAIN PEN.

APPLlCATlGN men DEC.23, i914 Patented 0&3; 1916.

v V I GEORGE M. KRAKER, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TQ'KRAKER PEN 00., or

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, A CDRPORATION GTE-MISSOURI.

FOUNTAIN-PEN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 3, 1916.

Application filed December 23, 1914. -Serial No. 878,747.

of Jackson and State of Missouri, have in-' vented certain new and useful Improvements 1n FOUIlttlllbPfiIlS; and I do hereby .declare the following'to be a full, clear, and

exact description of the. invention, such as sirable that the lever be normally securely held so that no part thereof will project "from the slot in the fountain pen barrel in will enable others skilled in the 'art to whi lL.

' it appertains to make and use the same.

This inventionrelates to improvements in fountain pens,'an'd more particularly in socalled lever-filler or self-filling fountain pens. and has for its particular objectto provide a fountain pen of this character in which the lever for actuating a sack-c01 lapsing means is held firmly but yieldinglx in open and closed positions respectively, by means other than and acting entirely 111- dependent ot'the said sack-collapsing means;

The invention consists in the features of construction and combination of parts here:

inat'ter fullv deswihed and partieularl claimed. 1 in" the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention: Figure l is a" fraguieutarv central longitudinal section through the barrel of a fountain 'pen equipped with a collapsible ink-sack and sack collapsing means including a lever for actuating the latter embodying m v invention. Fig; 2-

' is a detail perspective view on an enlarged scale of the lever employed. a part thereof being broken away to expos another part to Figs. -Ii and '4- are views sinishowing a modified form of a construction. Figs. -5-- and are .views similar to Figs. l and respectively. illustrating a further modified term of construction. Fig. '-T is a view similar to Fig.

'iillustrating a difl'ereut method of securing thespring to the lever. Fig. is a view similar to Fig. l shi'iwing a 'urther modification in construction; Fig. 9 is a fragmentary section on the line of Fig. 8. Fig. -1() is a fragmentary detail plan view of the slotted portion of the barrel of a fountain pen showing the lever and a member associated therewith illustrated in Figs. S and '9. Fig. -l1 is a perspective view of the lever shown in Fig. 9.

In lever filler fountain pens it is very ties which said lever is pivotally mounted, whereby the accidental catching of the lever in the lining of the pocket of the user and the consequent operation...of....said lever in withdrawing the pen from the'pocket, where by the ink sack would be collapsed and the ink ejected, is obviated. It is also desirable, though of less importance, that the lever be firmly supported in its open position to maintain the sack collapsed after the lever has been turned to this position, and until the inlet or nib end of the fountain pen has been inserted in an ink-well preparatory to permitting the same to slowly expand to draw in a supply of ink. It will be obvious. of course. that the lever ma v be digitalb readil v held'i'n the last-named position without inconvenience, and that it is not very essential to 'provide'nieans for maintaining the lever in this position, for the reason that. an

aei' idental closure of the lever would not re sult n any disaster such-as would occur by the e ection oi ink in the'pocket of the clothing by an accidental opening .i'novement of the lever in withdrawing the same from the pocket.

further object of the invention is to provide means whereb the closing movement of the lever is resisted tOiH'PlCOllIG the tendency of the sack-collapsing means to turn the same to closed position, it being desirable to permit the sack to expand slowly b v Illtltlllilll) releasing the collapsing pressure thereon as it has'been found that; when the operator releases the sack-collapsing means suddenly from engagement with the sack hedoes not allow for'the slow expansion of the sack and removes the nib end from the ink-well before the sack has filled.

In the aeeompanving drawings illustrating the invention I have shown a fragnientar} longitudinal section of a fountain pen barrel 1 in which is housed the ink sack 2 ,and the sacleeollapsing means comprising the bar 3 and a spring carrier 4 for said bar. These elements constitute no part of the present invention and are. therefore, not illustrated in detail herein. the same being .more full illustrated in the patent to Kaufman, o. 827,022. dated the 24th day of July. 1906, and in the pending application of Joseph A. Kratcer. Serial No. 821393,

filed February 27,1914, and in the application of Harvey G. Craig, Scrialll'o. filed February 27, 1914-. The said bar 3 is adapted to be forced against the ink-sack 2 to collapse the latter against the resistance offered by the elasticity of said sack and against the action of the spring l supporting said bar within the barrel, by means of the lever 55, which is pivotally mounted'between its ends in a longitudinalslot 6 in the barrel 1 of the pen between the ends of said slot.

contiguous to one end of the slot and con tacts with the bottom of said recess the latter constituting a stop'for liiniting.the.

movement of the lever in-qone direction. The said lever is provided at its other end portionon opposite sides with flanges 9 which extend from the opposite'end of the lever to a point contiguous to the pivot 10 thereof. The last-na1ned ends 11 of said flanges are adapted to engage the inner wall of the barrel 1 on either side of'said slot 6 to limit the movement of the lever in the other direction, the total movement of said lever being substantially through an arc of ninety degrees. l l hen the pro gectlon 7 corn which extends substantiallyto the ends 11 of said flanges 9, or to a point contiguous to the pivot 10 ofsaid lever and normally lies upon the inner i a-c-e of said lever over the entire length of said spring.

In" the instance illustrated said spring 12 is secured to the lever by means of the rivets 13, but obviously the same may be otherwise so cured without departing from the inven' tion. v

s panning the slot 6 contiguousto the pivot and between the same and the secured end .ot the. spring 152. is a pin 'ltagainst' which thcfiiree end portion of the spring l2bears ct'with the bottom of the recess 8 and like-- wise to hold the flanges tl in contact longi tudinallywith the inner :Wall of the barrel on either side of said slot 6. lhe said pin serves to normally maintain the springdil, slightly separated at its-inner end from the face of the lever, or in other words, out of its normal position, thus causing the secure end or the springto draw the contiguou end of the lever into the slot to hold the said projection 7 in contact with the bottom The said lever 5 is oi": greater length. than said slot and is provlded atone end" with a pro ection 'l' engaged in a recess8 eldingly hold the projection 7 in con masses of said recess 8. It will be obvious, of

. course, that the said stop consisting of the bottom of said recess 8 may be omitted as the flanges 9 Wlll atlord a sullicient stop to hunt the inward movement of the leverand vice versa, the said flanges 9 may be omitted as a stop for limiting the inward movement of the lever and only the stop formed by the bottom of the recess 8 may be used. ior

that purpose. The said spring 12 will re sist movement of the lever to open position til the said lever has been turned through .n-a-rc greater than the angle formed between a line intersecting the axis of its pivot andlthe axis of said pin 14: and a line -perpendicular to the axis of-the barrel 1 flntersecting the axis of sand pivot 14:, and thereafter said spring will act to auto niatically turn said lever to-the open position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

In turning the lever to closed position the spring will similarly resist ithe movement thereof until said lever has turned through an arc equaling its total movement less the angle previously referred to, and there after it will automatically return the lever to its closed position. The said spring acts in conjunction with the pivot pin and thepin it similarly to the spring or apoche't knife and is ordinarily termed a jaclnilanife spring. The spring may be of any suitable form in cross-section, and may secured in any suitable manner to the lever. The same may also he applied to a lever devoid of the flanges 9 or similar stopi 'or limiting the opening movement of the lever, and as shown in Figs. 3.and -'l:- the inner end of the spring may be "provided with a; flange 15 which engages the pin 14 as the lever attains its open position and serves as a. stop for limiting "further. moveinentof said lever in that direct on. I

"llhe lever Bfillustrated in Figs. l '.andand the lever 16 illustrated in l and -lare shown as composed of a block of metal, but the samemay also be :"made of sheet metal as illustrated in detail nsFigs. -76- and -7 the body of the lever 16 there shown being U-shaped in cross section and the respective flanges thereof provided with outwardly extending flanges l8 corresponding to the flanges 9 illustrated in lugs. 1- and 2. As shown inFig.

6-, the spring'l'l' used may be secured to.

the lever by inserting the outer end of the spring between the flanges 19 of the body of the lever and pinching the same therein by contracting said enoLof said lever. The saidlflanges 19 of the lever may also, as illus trated in Fig. .'Z, be provided with pro ectio'ns 2G integral therewith between which the flat spring 21 is received and which will pend over upon the same to secure it to the ever.

The construction may be further modified as shown in Figs. 8- and -9 in which'there is mounted in the slot 6 1n the barrel 1 a member provided with a projection .23 extending from one end thereof midway between its side faces beyond the pivot 24: of the lever and into the slot 26 in the opposed'end of the latter and into engagement with the spring 27 carried by said lever :25. The said lever is provided at one side. of each of the arms bordering the slot 20 therein with a flange 28 corresponding to one of the flanges 9, shown in Figs. -1 and 2 or one of the flanges 18 shown in Figs. (3' and T. The invention may be further modified within the skill of the mechanic without departing, from the invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a fountain pen, having a barrel and a collapsible ink-sack, the combination with a bar for collapsing the ink-sack, of a lever fulcrumed in a slot in the barrel and adapted to be turned to force said bar against said sack to collapse the latter, of a spring carried by said lever, and a projection on the barrel. disposed in the path of said spring for resisting the pivotal movement of said lever from open to closed position and viceversa, said projection and said spring coactlever in either of ing to yieldingly hold said said positions.

' In a fountain pen, having a barrel and a collapsible ink-sack, the conibination'with a bar for collapsing the ink-sack, of' a lever fulcrinned in a slot in the barrel and adapted to be turned to force said bar against said sack to collapse the latter, of a bar-spring carried by said lever and extending substantially parallel with one face thereof, a projection on the barrel engaged by said spring for yieldingly holding the lever in closed.

position, said projection disposed farther from thepivot of said' lever than the nearest point in the spring and adapted when said lever is turned to force the spring outwardly ,therefroni until the arc of movement of the.

lever exceeds the angle formed between a hue perpendicular to the spring intersecting the pivot of said lever when the latter is in open or closed position and a line intersect mg the axes of said pivot and said projection. whereupon said spring will coact with said projection to complete the movement of said lever through an arc ninety degrees.

3. In a fountain pen. having a barrel and a collapsible ink-sack. the combination with a bar for collapsing the ink-sack, of a lever fiilcriiined in a slot in the barrel and adapted to be turned to force Said bar against said sack to collapse the latter, of a bar-spring secured at one end to one end of said lever, a projection in the. slot in the barrel interof' approximately posed between the lever and the free. end

portion of the spring and nearer one end of spring engaging said projection to hold-the lever in closed position and adapted to yieldingly resist movement of said lever from closed to open position and vice-versa until the latter has traveled through a given are. I 4. .111 a fountain pen, having a barrel and a collapsible ink-sack, the combination with a bar for collapsing the ink-sack, .of a lever fulcrumed in a slot in the barrel and adapted to be turned to force said bar against said sack to collapse the latter, of a bar-spring secured at one end to one end of said lever, and normally bearing at its other end portion upon the other end portion of the bar, a projectionwithin the slot engaging the face of the springopposing the lever at a point ed to be turned to force said bar against said sack to collapse the latter, of a bar-spring secured at one end to one end of said lever, and normally bearing at its other end portion upon the other end portion of the bar, a projection within the" slot engaging the face of the spring opposing the lever at a point between the pivot of said lever and the end thereof to which said spring is secinied, and a stop for limiting the pivotal movement of said lever, said stop and said projection rela tively disposed to maintain said spring out of its normal position whereby to hold the lever in engagement with said stop.

(3. In a fountain pen. having a barrel and a collapsible ink-sack. the combination with a bar for collapsing the ink-sack. of a lever fulcruined in a slot in the barrel and adapted to be turned to force said bar against llO said sack to collapse the latter, and stops for limitin the )ivotal movement of said a h o I I lever in bothdirections. ot a bar-s iriiwsecured at li(ll l to oncend of said lever. a

pro ection in the slot in the lltlll'Ol llllltl posed between the lever and the free end portion of the spring and nearer one end of' &

limiting the pivotal movement of said lever inboth' directions, of a bar-spring secured at one end to one end of said lever, and nor mally bearing at its other end portion upon the other end portion of the bar, a projection within the slot engaging the face of. the spring opposing the lever at a point between the pivot of said lever and the end thereof to which said spring is secured, and

a stop for limiting the pivotal movement of said lever, said stop and said pro ectiOn rela tively disposed to maintain said spring out of its normal position whereby to hold the lever in engagement with said stop.

8. In aself-filling fountain pen provided in its'barrel with a longitudinal sl0t,'a lever fulcrnmed between its ends within and between the ends of said slot,'a spring secured at one end to said lever and normally bearing at its other end upon the same, and means on the barrel interposed between the last-named end ofsaid spring and said lever and disposed contiguous to the. ful- ,-crum of the latter and coacting therewith to at one end to oneend of said lever, the other end thereof being free and normally bearing upon said lever, and aprojection on the 4 barrel interposed between the free end of said spring and said lever and positioned relatively to the pivotal axis of the latter so that a line intersecting said pivotal axis and projection will intersectthe normal arc of "lfmovement' of said lever Irom one ofysaidfl positions thereof to the. other between the... ends of said are, whereby said'spring' Willi;

" act to yieldingly maintain said lever in either its aforesaid open or closedlpositionl' 10. In a self-filling fountain pen having a longitudinall; slottedbarreha sack-collapsing lever pivotally secred between its ends within said slot and a n'ovided at one end with a lateral projecti n for engaging the inner wall ofsaidbarrelitor limiting the are of movement of said lever relatively to. said'barrel, a spring carried by said lever,

Q'said. pivot, to

menses and a -projection carried by the barrel engaged by said spring and coacting m the latter and said lateral projection on lever for yieldingly holding the latter in its respective aforesaid positions.

11. In a self-filling fountain pen having a longitudinally slotted barrel, a lever pivotally mounted between its ends in the slot in said barrel, an ink-sack and sack-collaps ing means within ethe barrel, the latter adapted to be actuated to collapse the by a movement of said lever in one tion, and. means including a spring operas tively engaged with said lever and said bar-- rel independently of said saclrcolia}: g means for holding said lever yieldingly in either of two positions. Q

12. A fountain pen including a barrel having a longitudinal slot, a lever pivotaily mounted bet'ween'itsends in said-slot and adapted to engage said barrel at one limit of its pivotal movement in one direction, and jack-knife spring associated with and engaging said lever and barrel and secured to one of said parts'for throwing the said lever into eitherof two positions andthere holding the same after said lever has been turned through an arc eXceeding'one-half its normal movement.

13. A fountain pen including a barrei having a longitudinal slot, a lever pivotally mounted between its ends in said slot and adapted to engage said barrel at one limit of its pivotal'movement in one direction, a spring associated with said iever and barrel and secured to one of said parts, a fulcrum member rigid with the other of said parts and engaged by said spring between its ends, and-adapted to slide longitudinally thereof as saidf lever is turned, said fulcrum member disposed contiguous to the pivotot said lever and" actin as the latter is turned on I orce said spring outwardly from said pivot as the lever approachi point midway between thelimits of its movement. y

In testimony whereof I have signed any name in presence of two SillOSCPiblngW1tnesses. GEORGE M. KRAKER. Witnesses:

ALBERT Sonnienn,

' M. M. BOYLE. 

